Rims for my 2003, 525i

[BobbyB]

Hello all.

Newby here, but not for long

I'm here because I need some advise on rims for my car. I started out last week by doing some internet research on new tires. After some time decided to go with a Goodyear Assurance triple tread. After having them installed, there was a noticable hop in the back end at higher speeds. Went back and the tire store showed me where the rim had been bent on inside edge. This was causing the hop. They came up with the idea of using the full sized spare as a replacement rim and it was bent in the same spot even worse Is this a somewhat common problem with BMW rims???

Here's my options as I see them. 1-Try to find one replacement rim, or 2- put on a set of custom rims. I priced out a new rim thru BMW and it was going to run about $400 for one rim, ouch! I also found a "reconditioned" one, but it was still in around $300, still ouch! At this point I was leaning toward a new set of custom rims, but found out that there seems to be a limited selection of 16 x 7 with the correct offset...Grrrr. Has anyone gone thru this before me? and what did you end up doing?

Thanks in advance, B

 

[Big Daddy]

Welcome to the board. Potholes are bad on all alloy wheels and the larger the diameter the easier they are to bend. I would not change to after market wheels looking for a big discount, to get a good quality alloy you are going to need to spend some money, one replacement is cheaper than a set of good after markets. That said I like some after market wheels, look at Momo, BBS, OZ, Breyton, etc. and you are going to see that they are not much less than BMW wheels if any. But do not buy cheapies! Check with Discount Tire and The Tire Rack, Les Schwab to name a few.

 

[BobbyB]

Thanks for the info Big Daddy. What is your opinion of Borbet rims?

B

 

[Big Daddy]

Borbets are good, I had a set for my E30 years ago.